WBCC Newsmail 106, Volume 3, August 22, 1998
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Composed with help from members of the
Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club
and published by Frans Dubois, The Netherlands,
Docu-Centre of the WBCC, dubois.f@wxs.nl
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Dear WBCC members,
This three weeks Martin is in the USA for a nice long vacation with
Larry where he is going to spend a few days. If you want to send him a
message you can send it to Larry Friemel (lfriemel@apc.net) in LaHabra
where he is the first days.
Please notice................by Frans Dubois, WBCC Docu-Centre
The WBCC Focal Point, Martin Peeters, is now on his deserved vacation
now. He will be back at home the 5th of September.
Untill that date, please send your news, info, messages etc,etc, to me.
I will try to do Martins work, composing the WBCC Newsmail during the
time he is in The U.S.A.
1. Bimetallic news from China..........by Frans Dubois
From our member Liu Jian I received the following.
Description of The medal"Qian Yuan Zhong Bao" with a sparrow design on
reverse .
It is one piece in Medallion of Currency Treasures of China. Its serial
number is T 1 - 15 - 1
"T" refers to Treasure Currency.
"1" means first series.
"15" means that there are 15 pieces in this series (included 5 pieces of
money of Pre Qin Dynasty, 5 pieces of round coin and 5 pieces of
machine-made cash.
The last "1" means it is the first piece of the series.
The social economy of Tang Dynasty was heavily disrupted by "the
Revolt Raised by An and Shi". Emperor Su Zong of Tang Dynasty minted
such coins named "Qian Yuan Zhong Bao" as ten general coins to use in
order to shift financial crisis in 758 A.D.
This coin is also the first coin with the caracters "Zhong Bao" (heavier
than usual one)
There is a cloud or a sparrow design in the reverse of some "Qian Yuan
Zhong Bao". The sparrow was a kind of auspicious objects in ancient
China. The pronunciation for sparrow in Chinese is like character "Jue"
(title of the nobility) So, it means auspiciousness and social position.
In time of emperor Wu Ze Tian of Tang Dynasty, a literator, Chen Ziíang
had presented his odes named "Luck Cloud" and "Red Sparrow". This was
also similar sparrow design on some bronze mirrors in Tang Dynasty. It
can be seen that these cloud and sparrow designs were concerned in some
social customs at that time. "Qian Yuan Zhong Bao" coin is very rare, it
is said that such coins mainly discovered in Sichuan Province.
The technology of putting coin into medal has been used to made the
medal "Qian Yuan Zhong Bao" with a sparrow design on reverse and
original style is kept, material is copper.
The diameter is 40 mm. The centre of the obverse is design of the "Qian
Yuan Zhong Bao"
and on the outer ring are the word"Tang Qian Yuan Zhong Bao with a
sparrow design bronze coin" and number, year were made on it. The
design of reverse of the medal is the design with a sparrow of reverse
of the "Qian Yuan Zhong Bao" coin and outer ring was inscribedwith the
words "Minted by Shanghai Mint, supervised by China Numismatic Society"
and special mark of this series of medallion.
The official mintage is 50.000 pieces to be issued in October 1993.
Thanks to Liu Yian.
Frans Dubois
2. The different Euro Coins.......................by Jean Verleg
Besides the eleven countries who change their national currency into the
euro system,their is for collectors an extra aspect.
Within the E U (Europian Union) there are four mini-countries,namely San
Marino,Monaco,Andorra and Vatican.This mini-countries
have a monetairy treaty with their "big" neighbour country.In the treaty
of Maastricht is agreed that the EU new negotiations starts
with this mini-countries.
On this moment(August 1998) it seams to be strongly,they also change
their national currency into the euro system.It's expected
the decision-making lays in November/December this year.
Note: this mini-countries make coins mainly for collecters.
3 . Bimetallic news .........from Krishnanand Khambadkone
There are some Bi-metal offerings from Lauren Benson a dealer in
modern world coins.. He also issues an exclusive bi-metal list. His
address is,
2535 Tech. Dr., Suite 107,
Bettendorf,
IA - 52722-3299, USA.
His latest list includes bi-metal issues from Gibralter, Isle of Man
and Jordan.
4. Question about a bimetallic token............. from Krishnanand
Khambadkone.
I have a question that hopefully some of my fellow WBCC members will
be able to answer. I attended the coin show in Fremont this past
sunday. In one of the albums, I spotted an interesting piece. It said
1 Penny Token. It was a bi-metal piece with a copper outer ring and a
white metal (silver?) center. The inner piece had the number 1 on one
side and the Young head portrait of Queen Victoria on the other. It was
listed for $10.00. Is this a known variety?
5 New bimetallic token Restaurant Richard 2 ......by Frans Dubois.
The Restaurant Richard 2 issued a new bimetallic token for their 10th
anniv. this year.
The obverse is the same as the first issue and on the reverse it says
"10 years"
It is a very limited issue, I am told only 100 pieces are made.
Martin will send the image to Rod Sell when he is back.
6. Bimetallic 1000 rupia 1997 Indonesia.........by Frans Dubois.
From Larry Friemel and wolfgang Schuster I heard that the 1000 rupia
Indonesia 1997 is issued now. Itís the same design as the earlier years.
7. Coin dealers list............Joel Anderson
.
This list is primarily items I picked up at the recent ANA convention.
There may be a delay in filling orders, as I am still trying to work on
the
orders that came in while I was away.
Note: Our web page is not at: http://www.joelscoins.com * Asterisk
indicates that multiples may be ordered.
Australia $5 K311 1996 Bradman-Cricket player Bimetal Unc.$10*
AUSTRIA 50 Sch. 1998 EU Presidency bimetal U 8.50*
BRAZIL 1998 SET New types 1,5,10,25,50c & bimetal
1 Real Unc. 10.00*
CROATIA 25 Kuna 1998 Lisbon Expo Bimetal Unc 11.00*
FINLAND 25 Markka 1997 80th Annv.Unc.bimetal 12.00*
10 Markka K77 1998 Bimetal Unc. 5.00*
JORDAN 1/2 Dinar 1998 bimetal Unc. 10.00*
Singapore 1998 Mint Set 1c-bimetal $5 in folder 15.00
Thailand10 Baht Y328.1? bust touches rim bimetal Unc. 2.50*
10 Baht Y328.2? bust away from rim bimetal Unc.2.50*
Joel Anderson
World Coins & Paper Money
joel@joelscoins.com
http://www.joelscoins.com
phone/fax 1 209 722 5426
PO Box 3016
Merced, CA 95344-1016
USA
8. New bimetallic images...........by Rodd Sell
This week we have the following new images:
-Netherlands Restaurant Token from Agathakirk
-Netherland MTT from Bolsward
-2 US encased cents from Hawaiian Coin Exchange
-2 US encased cents from Hawaii. Doc Hill for Senate; and B & S Co.
-2 US encased cents from BOBCO of Otis Indiana. 1 US cent and other
Panama
cent.
- US Trade token from Easterling Lumber Co.
Rod.Sell@hlos.com.au
Http://www.hlos.com.au/~Rod.Sell/index.htm
Http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/7513
This was all for this week.
Please, keep sending me your bimetallic news, messages,post etc. also
next week so that I am able to compose the next Newsmail.
"See" you next week,
Frans Dubois, Docu-Centre of the
Worldwide Bi-metallic Collectors Club
dubois.f@wxs.nl
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